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Major League Baseball's trade deadline is scheduled for next Thursday, which means teams have less than a week to get their midsummer shopping done. The moves have already started, as the Mariners recently acquired Josh Naylor from the Diamondbacks while the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon in a trade with the Rockies.
The New York Yankees are looking for answers at third base, and many analysts think they've found their guy in Arizona Diamondbacks star Eugenio Suárez. CBS Sports writer Mike Axisa urged the Yankees to make a big swing for both Suárez and Diamondbacks right-handed pitcher Merrill Kelly.
Arizona shipped off outfielder Randal Grichuk to the Royals, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed on Saturday. Right-handed pitcher Andrew Hoffman is going back to Arizona. Going into Saturday’s play, Grichuk has a .243 batting average with a .742 OPS with 15 doubles through 69 games this season.
The New York Yankees are one of the top teams in the Eugenio Suárez trade sweepstakes. Which team is favored to land the Arizona Diamondbacks slugger?
Spanish Radio Play-by-Play voice Rickie Ricardo shared during a live stream on Que Pasa MLB that the Yankees have an eight-player trade proposal "on the table" that would bring Suárez to New York. Ricardo revealed the trade proposal in Spanish, which Yanks Go Yard's Adam Weinrib translated.
Fried was among a trio of Yankees pitchers who sang Suárez’s praises as the July 31 trade deadline nears.
The Yankees have had a need for a third baseman since releasing DJ LeMahieu and moving Jazz Chisholm back to the keystone. As of late, manager Aaron Boone has used a combination of Oswald Peraza and Jorbit Vivas at the hot corner.
The versatile Amed Rosario will be part of the Yankees’ pennant drive. Late Saturday the Yankees confirmed the trade, first reported by Jack Curry of the YES Network, that landed Rosario from the Washington Nationals in exchange for right-hander Clayton Beeter and a minor leaguer.